Chapter 205: Information and Jokers
On Tuesday morning, Klein walked into the Black Thorn Security Company while thinking about how to reveal the "play" to the captain more naturally.
"Good morning, Klein!" Luo Shan, a clerical at the front desk of the company, first greeted with a bright smile, then she blinked her eyes with light brown pupils, and whispered rather mysteriously:
"You know what? Something was wrong with the captain today. β
Hearing this, Klein immediately became alert, since the "witch" Triss incident, the captain's spirit seems to have returned to his previous state, often forgetting some things, because he is extremely sensitive to the "wrong" in Roshan's mouth, immediately lowered his voice, and asked seriously: "What's wrong?" β
Luo Shan was taken aback by his attitude, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "It's not what you think...... Actually, I think the captain has met with a good thing. β
"A good thing? What's going on? Crane asked, a little confused.
"Yes, when I went to deliver today's newspaper just now, I saw that the captain had been stunned, and from time to time he showed a smile that was so gentle that it could make people drown...... I called him twice before he answered me. Roshan nodded with shiny eyes.
This...... It can't be that Ms. Dali confesses to the captain again, right? Didn't the captain back down this time...... Then do you need to tell him about playing the Fa?
Thinking wildly, Crane walked over to the partition and knocked on the door to the captain's office.
One, two, three......
After a dozen knocks, Dunn's mellow voice could be heard from within the partition.
"Please come in."
But at this time, Klein's heart became apprehensive, he put down the pendulum first, divined whether there was any danger, and then pushed the door and walked in. Then he saw the captain instinctively sit up straight, so that his gray eyes became gloomy, and he looked like he was holding on calmly......
It's like when I was in school, I was secretly playing with my mobile phone in the dormitory, and when I saw the teacher making rounds, I quickly hid my mobile phone and sat down......
After complaining in his heart, Klein cleared his throat and sat down with his hat and cane, "Captain, I have something I want to report. β
"What's the matter?" Dunn asked in a deep voice with his hands folded.
Klein glanced at the serious Dunn. Smith, suddenly smiled:
"Captain, I figured out something yesterday."
"What's the matter?" Dunn repeated the question he had just asked, leaning back slightly against the back of his chair, his clasped hands loose.
Klein recalled the previous draft, and described in detail how he had "played" before, although he did not mention the word "acting", but he said everything he could say.
Dunn listened quietly to Crane's description, and his gray eyes became darker.
He was silent for more than ten seconds, stretched out his hand and rubbed the corner of his forehead, then picked up his pipe, and just wanted to take a sniff, but suddenly remembered something, put it down again, and sighed: "No wonder Dai Li said that there will be a senior deacon of the church to inspect you in the afternoon...... Hehe, you've submitted potion recipes for 'Audience' and 'Mind Reader' before, and the credit is enough, I think you'll soon be a 'Joker'."
That said, though...... But the wording of being a "clown" is still too sad!
Crane sneered while seeing that Captain Dunn seemed to be in a trance again, and hurriedly raised his voice and asked, "Captain, are you okay?" β
"I'm fine, don't worry." Dunn's gaze refocused, and he just thought to himself, "I'm just...... I can't tell if it's real or ...... Just a dream......
Klein saw that today's captain was indeed very abnormal, and planned to go to Leonard, who was on duty last night, to ask, so he took out his pocket watch, pretended to look at the time, and said:
"Captain, I've got to go find Old Neil, today's occult lesson is about to begin."
"Okay." Dunn took his pipe and watched Klein out the door, only to start to stay stunned again.
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At noon, Abner slept until this time and woke up, as he spent most of the night reading in the library of the University of Beckland.
After a brief lunch, he took out his pen and paper and began to sort out the materials he had read at speed through the "Pure White Eyes" last night.
"The first Baron Ramder, also known as Monsieur Azik, was knighted for his military exploits during the last chaotic years brought about by the Pale Plague at the end of the Quaternary Age.
"Baron Ramder II, son of Mr. Azik, for some unknown reason had a cheating with an earl of the kingdom...... There is no record of who this count is in the library, but it mentions a multi-year struggle between the two nobles, which ended with the sudden disappearance of the second Baron Ram......
As mentioned in the original book, the night watchmen found the headless body of Mr. Azik's son, confirmed that he had been poisoned to death, and even set ritual magic around his coffin to suppress it for fear that he would become an evil spirit after his death.
"This is probably the work of the Earl who is at odds with him!
After that, the title of the Lamb family was inherited by the side branch of the family...... But even this is still suppressed, and almost every generation of Baron Rumd has died young for various reasons, like a curse.
"During the 'War of Oaths', the last baron was sent to the forefront of the Vosak Empire, and finally died on the battlefield...... And the bloodline of the Ramder line was cut off. β
Looking at what he had written on the paper, Abner felt that as long as he found out who the Count had been suppressing Mr. Azik's descendants, he should be able to give an account to Klein.
As for where to look? Naturally, it was the originally planned royal library.
It seems that it is inevitable to pretend to be the "storyteller" Mr. Sonnard recommended by Miss Hazel.
And the first step in disguise is naturally to understand first, so Abner quickly found Sonnard's home according to the information he found, and planned to use "stealth" to observe him up close, and fortunately, he could be more like him when he "pinched his face" with a "clown" mask.
However, he soon received a message from Sonard's sister's daily chat with the servant that caught him off guard:
That is, Mr. Sonard followed Baron Sindras to Ducey Bay early this morning, and will not be back until at least next Wednesday.
That's not a coincidence...... If you can't disguise Sonad, do you really want me to pretend to be the girl named "Emma"?
But even if I were willing to pretend, the "clown" mask wouldn't have that ability...... The body can't be changed, I'm afraid that the flaws will be seen at a glance?
Sighing slightly, Abner had to change his strategy, wondering if he could entrust someone else to help him do this.
The identity of Miss "Justice" is certainly sufficient, but she knows the task given to me by Mr. "Fool", and I am afraid that I will be directly exposed if I entrust it in the past. And this is also very bad for the usual mystical and erudite image of the "tower...... It's easy for the character to collapse.
Hazel used to be fine, but after she was polluted by the "primordial moon", she was more ostracized by the upper class. This is evidenced by the fact that many big names will not invite her to the ball again......
And once she enters the royal library, the extraordinary people of the royal family will definitely give her more attention, and they will inevitably suspect her motives for checking the information of the original Baron Rum...... It's not going to catch fire.
Abner went through the people he knew in Beckland in his mind, only to find that there was no suitable candidate.
Either the status is too high to support at all, or the relationship is generally untrustworthy, in short, each has its own problems.
Thinking of this, Abner had to admit that the task of entering the royal library in the short term would be difficult to complete, and this matter would have to be considered in the long run.
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Tingen City, Black Thorn Security Company, alchemy room where potions are dispensed.
Crane nervously watched as the "Sword of the Goddess" Crestai Cesima bent down and lifted the silver-white box at his feet, and at the same time, his dark green eyes instantly turned to deep black.
Immediately afterward, Sesima opened the box, revealing a pure white bone sword placed inside, and whispered:
"Swear by the holy thing."
With that, he took out another tin box from his bosom, and when he opened it, he revealed a fist-sized gray object.
Crane's pupils narrowed at this as he saw itβthe one he had seen above the gray mist when he was divining how to get the "Joker" potion.
He didn't know what it was at the time...... But now, through the previous narration of "Tower", he has clearly known that it is the extraordinary characteristics of "Joker"!